Full Moon on Christmas Day

December 17, 2015

Credit	NASA/Goddard/Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Language	english

This image of the Moon was created with images taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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Full Moon on Christmas Day